Turn off the stove and check every burner
When to use this goal
For students who cook with a stovetop or oven and leave a burner on or forget the oven. Present levels in reading dial positions or symbols decide fit. This is a check routine done every time cooking ends.
- Baseline
- Record 8 cooking sessions: did the student turn everything off and check without a prompt. Any burner left on is a fire risk, so the target is every session.
- Tips
- Touch-and-say makes the check visible. Mark the off position on each dial with a bright dot. Families may want a stove timer or auto shut-off device as a backup.
- Limits
- Staff still check the stove. Gas stoves need a separate rule about smell and flames.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-cs-037.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, at the end of every cooking lesson that uses the stove or oven, the student will turn every burner and the oven to off and check each dial before leaving the kitchen independently in 8 of 8 opportunities, across 2 consecutive data periods, as measured by direct observation collected at every cooking session, summarized every eight sessions.
Baseline: 3 of 8 opportunities.
- Condition
- Observable behavior
- Criterion
- Measurement method
Measurability check11 of 11 met
Met: Observable behavior. Stated as an action.
Met: Condition. Stated.
Met: Unit fits the behavior. Opportunities fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Direct observation gives opportunities data.
Met: Review timeframe. Stated.
Met: Baseline and target compatible. Same unit, change in the right direction.
Met: Aligned with area of need. Still about Community & Safety Skills.
Met: Level of support. Defined.
Met: Blanks filled in. Nothing left to fill in.
Checks structure and wording only. Whether the goal fits the student is the team's call.
Short-term objectives (optional)
When are objectives required?Required for students on alternate assessments (34 CFR §300.320(a)(2)(ii)); some states require them for everyone.
Paste into your IEP system
Most district systems have a separate box for each part of a goal. Copy them one at a time, or all at once as labeled text.
- Area of need
- Functional & Independence Skills - Community & Safety Skills
- Baseline
- 3 of 8 opportunities.
- Annual goal373 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, at the end of every cooking lesson that uses the stove or oven, the student will turn every burner and the oven to off and check each dial before leaving the kitchen independently in 8 of 8 opportunities, across 2 consecutive data periods, as measured by direct observation collected at every cooking session, summarized every eight sessions.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- At the end of every cooking lesson that uses the stove or oven
- Behavior
- The student will turn every burner and the oven to off and check each dial before leaving the kitchen independently
- Criteria
- In 8 of 8 opportunities, across 2 consecutive data periods
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- At every cooking session, summarized every eight sessions
Copied as plain text, with straight quotes and plain dashes.
Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in 8 of 8 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 2 consecutive data periods
- Collection schedule:
- at every cooking session, summarized every eight sessions
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, at the end of every cooking lesson that uses the stove or oven, the student will turn every burner and the oven to off and check each dial before leaving the kitchen independently in 8 of 8 opportunities, across 2 consecutive data periods, as measured by direct observation collected at every cooking session, summarized every eight sessions.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | # + (of 8) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 8 opportunities per session, matching the goal's denominator.
- Define in advance what counts as an opportunity so every data collector records the same thing.
- Count only + marks toward the criterion unless the goal specifies prompted responses.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.